The Kharkiv Human Rights Protection Group works to help people whose rights have been violated and investigates cases involving such abuse, as well as assessing the overall human rights situation in Ukraine. The Group also seeks to develop awareness of human rights issues through public events and its various publications

There was something obscenely ironic about Kremlin officials and surrogates cheering the results of the Brexit referendum, given that a similar democratic exercise could never take place in Vladimir Putin’s Russia.

But while it was ironic to see the likes of Dmitry Kiselyov, Aleksei Pushkov, and Vladimir Zhirinovsky singing the praises of British voters exercising their democratic rights, it’s not surprising at all.

The Kremlin has become very skilled at using Europe’s democratic institutions -- like free-and-fair elections, the free press, and freedom of speech and assembly -- to undermine and divide the EU.

It cheers on and supports xenophobic and Euroskeptic figures like France’s Marine Le Pen and Britain’s Nigel Farage, turning every election in Europe into a potential crisis.